<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Aubie:
...Except for a flight next week, I am probably going to drive every where I would normally fly. My annual mileage has dropped from 60-70k to about 4k.</font>
Be sure to let the airline(s) on which you were an elite flyer know this.
Money is the motivating force for every significant government decision in the U.S., regardless which party is in power.
If 100,000 people complain that searches violate their constitutional rights, political leaders will get up on their hind legs and say the right things and nothing will change.
On the other hand, if 3 airline CEOs complain that searches are killing their profit margins, you'll hear no fine announcements, but something
will be done.